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JAMES ALPHONSE RIAL
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
October 13, 1926 – October 22, 1964
Service recordJames Alphonse Rial, of Barnum, Iowa, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 22, 1964, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 67
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Damage Controlman (DC)
- Born
- October 13, 1926
- Home of record
- Barnum, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1964
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1964; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 67
- ROLLIN CHESLEY SARGENT JRMaster Sergeant · October 22, 1964
- HERMAN TOWERYCaptain · October 22, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUECaptain · October 24, 1964
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.